Explanation: Each team is listed with its record, overall score differential, and six ratings. Brief explanations of the ratings follow.
Because these ratings contain no prejudices regarding team or conference strengths, they tend to be quite inaccurate early in the seasons. College football appears to take at least 5 games per team before even remotely reasonable ratings are produced; acceptable ratings are produced with 8 games per team; excellent ratings unfortunately require 14 games per team.

Full Ranking

                               STANDARD   MED LIKELY  PREDICTIVE  IMPRVD RPI     RPI         POLL   
TEAM      W L T PF PA  SCHED  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  RNK RATING  P-SCR  P-OFF  P-DEF
Princeton 2 0 1  5  0  0.898    1  0.864    1  1.249    2  1.011    1 0.6673    1 0.7581    1   1250 -0.958  0.677  1.345
Yale      3 0 1 21  0  0.529    2  0.808    2  1.093    3  0.981    3 0.5874    3 0.5821    2   1200 -0.800  0.717  1.246
Harvard   3 1 0 10  1  0.714    3  0.717    3  0.867    1  1.057    2 0.6083    2 0.6138    4   1111 -0.401  1.000  1.114
Amherst   1 0 0  8  4  0.540    4  0.679    4  0.756    4  0.649    4 0.5700    5 0.4820    3   1139  0.881  1.593 -0.295
Columbia  2 2 0  2 10 -0.505    5  0.434    5 -0.021    6 -0.583    5 0.4999    4 0.4960    5   1050 -0.840 -0.866 -0.301
Tufts     0 3 0  4 12  1.019    6  0.300    6 -0.395    5  0.270    6 0.4308    6 0.3623    7    948  0.384  0.762 -0.222
Rutgers   1 2 0  6  5 -1.380    7  0.049    8 -1.160    7 -0.955    8 0.3618    7 0.2452    8    902  0.009 -0.749 -1.161
Stevens   1 3 0  4 20 -1.111    8  0.000    7 -1.091    8 -1.386    7 0.3623    8 0.2248    6   1000  0.262 -0.992 -1.781
UNRANKED  0 2 0  0  8  0.622      -1.000      -1.000      -0.203      0.4309      0.4423           0 -0.066 -0.049 -0.357


Independent: strength=0.325 (#1)
STANDARD MED LIKELY PREDICTIVE IMPRVD RPI RPI POLL TEAM W L T PF PA SCHED RNK RATING RNK RATING RNK RATING RNK RATING RNK RATING RNK RATING P-SCR P-OFF P-DEF Princeton 2 0 1 5 0 0.898 1 0.864 1 1.249 2 1.011 1 0.6673 1 0.7581 1 1250 -0.958 0.677 1.345 Yale 3 0 1 21 0 0.529 2 0.808 2 1.093 3 0.981 3 0.5874 3 0.5821 2 1200 -0.800 0.717 1.246 Harvard 3 1 0 10 1 0.714 3 0.717 3 0.867 1 1.057 2 0.6083 2 0.6138 4 1111 -0.401 1.000 1.114 Amherst 1 0 0 8 4 0.540 4 0.679 4 0.756 4 0.649 4 0.5700 5 0.4820 3 1139 0.881 1.593 -0.295 Columbia 2 2 0 2 10 -0.505 5 0.434 5 -0.021 6 -0.583 5 0.4999 4 0.4960 5 1050 -0.840 -0.866 -0.301 Tufts 0 3 0 4 12 1.019 6 0.300 6 -0.395 5 0.270 6 0.4308 6 0.3623 7 948 0.384 0.762 -0.222 Rutgers 1 2 0 6 5 -1.380 7 0.049 8 -1.160 7 -0.955 8 0.3618 7 0.2452 8 902 0.009 -0.749 -1.161 Stevens 1 3 0 4 20 -1.111 8 0.000 7 -1.091 8 -1.386 7 0.3623 8 0.2248 6 1000 0.262 -0.992 -1.781
Conference Strengths CONFERENCE W L T PCT RNK RATING Independent 13 11 2 0.538 1 0.325

Home field advantage amounts to:
     0.202 points in main ratings
     0.028 points in improved RPI
Average of 1.75 points per score

posted: Mon Dec 31 14:14:07 2007

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